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Home Health Aide
Home Health Aide
Job Summary
A home health aide provides personalized, at-home care for seniors and patients with chronic illnesses, disabilities, or cognitive impairments. They work under the supervision of a registered nurse or home health agency to execute a care plan that is tailor suited to the patient’s needs. Their main objective is to help patients accomplish the activities of daily living to lead more independent lives. In addition to healthcare tasks like taking vital signs, replacing bandages and dressings, and assisting with physical therapy; they may also help to manage medications, and provide companionship and emotional support to patients and family members. Additional duties include light housekeeping tasks like cleaning and vacuuming, providing personal care assistance with bathing and hygiene, and domestic tasks like food preparation, grocery shopping, or scheduling appointments. A home health aide typically works in patients’ homes for a home health agency.
See Full Job DescriptionPersonality types of a Home Health Aide
Each letter of DISC represents polar personality types with correlating behaviors and characteristics. Learn more about their strengths and weaknesses, how they communicate, and
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D
low D - Planner
Likes to see the full picture
I
low I - Supporter
Likes to work independently
S
high S - Stabilizer
Likes consistency
C
high C - Rule Follower
Likes to follow procedures
Behavioral Qualities for a Home Health Aide
Behavioral qualities make people naturally act in a certain way. Utilize people's natural behaviors and strengths at work.
- Careful. Cautious and concerned with accuracy.
- Attentive. Caring for details and demands.
- Supportive. Uplifting of others.
- Organized. Structured and methodical.
Motivators for a Home Health Aide
Motivators are values that drive people. To retain passionate employees, place people in a role that utilizes their values
- Altruistic: A caring drive to benefit and support others. To tend to the altruistic drive, assign tasks that directly relating to caring for patients.
- Regulatory: A drive to maintain order and the status quo. To tend to the regulatory drive, provide plenty of structure for them to follow and allow them to create their own structure as necessary.
- Theoretical: A drive to learn and gain new knowledge. To tend to the theoretical drive, give opportunities for professional development, allowing them to gain more knowledge and caregiving skills.
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